NHS Library and Information Services in Wales

Marketing Library and Information Services

After introductory remarks on the definition of marketing, the evolution of library and information services (LIS) marketing is explained. The authors then describe how marketing was applied to LIS over the years. Marketing is also related to other concepts used in the management of LIS. Finally the role of professional associations in diffusing marketing theory is portrayed and the importance ...

Business Intelligence in NHS WALES

The paper investigates the challenges of implementing Business Intelligence (BI) in NHS Wales. The study is informed by extant literature, a modified Delphi approach that draws on the knowledge of ten expert panellists from the NHS/Welsh public sector, and from the extensive industry experience of one of the authors of this study. Our adapted Delphi methodology lends itself to supporting the na...

Nhs Waiting times in Wales

40 years of library and information studies education in Wales

This issue of Education for Information is a ‘special’ one to celebrate 40 years of library and information science education in Aberystwyth, Wales. The setting up of the College of Librarianship Wales (CLW) in 1964 was, for many people, the realisation of a dream. The initial ideas of a “school for library training” can be traced back as far as 1917. However, it was the appearance of two repor...

Interactive Multimedia in Library and Information Services

Only a few years ago, David Clark used the term "twenty-first century books" to express his optimistic view of the future of interactive videodisc technology. [1] Talking about twenty-first century books today, we certainly need to look at the more recent members of the optical media family, some of which have already entered the marketplace or will do so in the very near future. These media wi...